Freeze on Clean Energy

Two Republicans break ranks and say more share their objections COLUMBUS — “The new bill would freeze Ohio’s efficiency and renewable standards for two years. Republican Reps. Mike Duffey of Worthington and Mark Romanchuk of Mansfield wanted to bring that down to a one-year freeze. Duffey says he doesn’t like […]

COLUMBUS — “When the bill arrives on his desk, the key question then, critics of the bill say: Will Kasich be willing to become the first governor — to agree with a national campaign by conservative groups — and cripple both his state’s renewable energy and efficiency standards or […]

COLUMBUS — “The GOP Senate majority feuded with Kasich behind closed doors for more than 18 hours Wednesday in a battle played out against a national and global debate about climate change. In a nearly solid party-line vote, the Senate approved legislation at 1:06 a.m Thursday that allowed a two-year […]

COLUMBUS — “Gov. John Kasich is apparently opposed to a GOP-backed bill that would stop mandated annual increases in ‘green’ energy purchases by utilities and may have threatened a veto to Republican House and Senate leaders if the bill reaches him in its current form. Multiple sources told The Dispatch […]

COLUMBUS — “Beyond concerns that Ohio Senate Bill 310 on energy standards would hurt economic growth and raise energy bills, those opposed to the measure say it’s also a matter of national security. The bill would freeze the state’s renewable-energy and energy-efficiency requirements to block further tightening of standards. In […]

COLUMBUS — “Energy-efficiency programs that could be changed or eliminated as a result of a legislative proposal have led to consumer savings of $1 billion compared with costs of about $500 million, according to company reports and an analysis by ‘green’ energy advocates. Those figures cover the first four years […]

COLUMBUS — “In 2013, [Senator Bill] Seitz introduced a similar bill, Senate Bill 58. That bill was the second-most-lobbied bill in the Senate last year. It was the subject of testimony over three months and ultimately was defeated. You could have been for or against S.B. 58, but you would […]

CLEVELAND — “The proposed Senate freeze, Senate Bill 310, introduced by State Sen. Troy Balderson, a Zanesville Republican, wouldn’t just suspend the 2008 law, letting it kick in again, automatically, at some date ‘X.’ The freeze would also mean that Ohio would have to pass an entirely new law that […]

Clean Energy votes

Members supporting clean energy in Ohio as of October 27, 2018

50,405 Ohioans have signed our support statement in person at their door.

2,050 members have sent postcards to Ohio legislators, urging them to fix the wind setback rule in Ohio

15,919 Ohio Citizen Action members have sent handwritten letters to their state legislators in support of clean energy.

7,830 Ohio Citizen Action members have called their state legislators, asking them to oppose HB239 a nd SB 155, the latest coal bailout requests by Duke Energy, FirstEnergy, Dayton Power & Light and American Electric Power.